Shoe-heel.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

HERRDJEANN.

SHOE HEEL nwATloN FILED NOV. 9, 1905.

W/TNESSES:

iamgg A TTORN U'NTTED STATES PATENT whic RINEHART I. HERRMANN, OF ROULETTE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-HEEL. p

Toall whom u may concern} Be it known'that L'RINEHART I. HERR- MANN, a citizen of the United States; and a resident of-Roulette, in the county of Potter and State of Pennsylvehia, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Heel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in .10 heels for shoes, the ob'ect being to provide a heel which may be mly yet detachably connected to shoes, so that the heels of the shoes may be transferredor substituted one for the other when Worn down at one side,

I 5 thus not only equalizin the shape of the peels but keeping the ootwear 111' proper orm.

While I have indicatedZhe heel as used forshoes, it is to be understood that the term shoes includes boots.

i I will describe a shoe-heel embodyin my invention, and then point out the nove features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompany- 5 ing drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the fig- -ures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a shoe-heel 3o embodying my invention as attached to the "shoe. Fi 2 is a section on the line w w of Fi 1, an Fig. 3 is a top plan of a heel.

" aeferring to the drawings, 1 designates the heel built up of layers of leather substantially in the usual manner, but having in itsupper ortion a recess 2 for receiving a lift 3, of eather, secured to the heel portion of the shoe-sole. Arranged Within the heel 1 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 9, 1905. Serial No. 286,525.

:Patented July 24;, 1906;

forming a wall of the recess 2 is a ring-like metal plate 4, which is secured in position by 40 means of screws 5. This ring-like plate 4 is provided with tapped holes for engaging with the threads of screws 6, which removably secure the heel to the shoe sole. The heads of the screws 6 are withinthe shoe and may be 5' v readily eached with a screw-driver when it is 41 sued to shift the heels from one shoe to the other. The lift 3, engaging in the recess 2, will prevent any lateral swin ing of the heel relatively to the shoe should the fastening- 5o screwsfi become loose. To prevent turning or loosening of the screws, 6, l employ locking devices consisting of wires 7 having down Wardlyeextended ortions to be-driven into the leather and tions for entering the screw-slots, as indi-- cated in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination with a shoe or boot of a lift secured to the under side of the sole at the heel portion, a heel having a recess for receiv ing said lift, a ring-like plate forming walls of v said recess, screws for securing the ring-like 6 5 late in place, and screwspassing from theinner side of the shoe and engaging with said rin dike plate.

11 testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 70 two subscribing Witnesses.

RINEHART I. HERRMANNQ Witnesses:

DON B. FESSENDENH F; P. HEMINNGER.

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